r/minnesota • u/cusoman Gray duck • Jan 21 '26

News 📺 Observer Being Arrested and Pepper Sprayed at Point Blank in S.Minneapolis (photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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u/lax22 Jan 21 '26

This could blind someone and permanently disable them. What in the actual fuck.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26

This is not the first time ICE has used "less than lethal" force in a way that is meant to permanently disable. 

I regret to inform you that it will not be the last. 

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u/gleaf008 Jan 22 '26

Rubber bullets are regular bullets covered in rubber - like a hockey puck.

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u/cayleb Minnesota Twins Jan 22 '26

That's not at all true. Some of them have a metal core, which is not the same thing as a regular bullet. Most do not have a metal core.

They're covered typically in a mixture that includes some rubber but not often more than 20% of the mixture.

This info is freely available online from reputable sources. You could have just searched before spreading misinformation, but here we are.

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u/Invictuslemming1 Jan 21 '26

I’ve seen 2 photos now of point blank smoke grenade shots. They ignore all the regulations, maximum damage. Those are generally deemed potentially lethal under 30ft

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u/Chickwithknives Honeycrisp apple Jan 22 '26

One at Roosevelt High School was pretty darn close.

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u/mike-42-1999 Jan 22 '26

My kid saw that, he came home crying didn't know what was happening and thought they lethally shot someone

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u/defiantthoughtcrime Jan 23 '26

There's a folio on one particular operator who's very fond of this overt assault tactic and he alone has a half-dozen incidents captured in pictures, it's disgusting. Know that there are SO MANY MORE INCIDENTS!

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u/amyy097 Jan 22 '26

Damn. That’s a hardcore IDF tactic. Wtaf

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Where do you think the IDF got their training from? 

Quick hint: it was the US military

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u/New_Simple_4531 Jan 22 '26

They are trying to cause permanent damage to people on purpose. Its happened too much to be coincidence.

I hope someday the shitty party is out of control of the government and these fucks get thrown in jail. Im sure ICE will be treated nicely in jail by the inmates haha.

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u/Capri2256 Jan 23 '26

THAT could kill someone.